Coach Carter Blu-ray disc review

Paramount Home Entertainment recently released Coach Carter on Blu-ray disc for the first time. Thomas Carter directed Academy Award nominee Samuel L. Jackson in the inspiring true story of controversial high school basketball coach Ken Carter (played by Jackson), who locked out his entire undefeated team for poor academic performance, in order to teach his ….

Trailer for thriller Pintu Terlarang (Forbidden Door)

Variety’s Asian Film Blogger posted this trailer for the new film by Indonesian director Joko Anwar called Pintu Terlarang (Forbidden Door). Forbidden Door revolves around a successful sculptor whose life run by a domineering wife and mother, who discovers a secret organization where members can watch the lives of most dysfunctional, depraved families in town, ….

Hilarious Night at the Museum 2: Battle of the Smithsonian trailer goes live

This trailer premiered Friday at a McDonald’s website called HappyMeal.com (hey, let producers the make their coin, alright), and it’s been slowly making it’s way around the net ever since. In the sequel to the comedy hit, Stiller is joined by several stars from the original film, as well as new characters from history, including ….

Extended clip from Joss Whedon’s Dollhouse pilot

Entertainment Weekly has just posted an exclusive clip from Joss Whedon’s new Fox thriller Dollhouse, which revolves around a futuristic laboratory that assigns various tasks to its many residents, who then have their memories erased upon the completion of their assignments. One of those mind-boned humans, a young woman named Echo (Eliza Dushku), is slowly ….

Frank Miller bringing Buck Rogers to the big screen

Comic legend Frank Miller and Odd Lot Entertainment, the team behind the upcoming The Spirit film adaptation, are looking to bring the cult classic sci-fi comic-turned-TV-series Buck Rogers to the big screen, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Odd Lot is in negotiations to option the rights to the “franchise” from Nu Image/Millennium, which obtained those ….

Win one of two copies of the unrated Death Race DVD

Universal Studios Home Entertainment will release the Jason Statham action/grindhouse flick Death Race on DVD and Blu-ray on December 21st (that’s right, a few days early in time for the holidays). To celebrate the release, Universal is providing FilmFetish with two copies of the Unrated DVD version of the film for two lucky winners to ….

New trailer for next Six Shooter release Eden Log

Magnet has exclusively released the new trailer for the French sci-fi horror Eden Log, on IGN. Franck Vestiel co-wrote and makes his feature film debut with Eden Log, which features an ensemble French cast including Clovis Cornillac, Vimala Pons, Zohar Wexler, Sifan Shao, Arben Bajraktaraj, Abdelkader Dahou, Tony Amoni, Antonin Bastian, Joachim Staaf, Benjamin Baroche, ….

Collectible Mystery Science Theater 3000: Volume XIV coming in February

From 1988 to 1999, the hilarious and widely beloved space travelers on The Satellite of Love from Mystery Science Theater 3000 skewered B-movies and in the process made them masterworks of comedy. Hot on the heels of the recent Mystery Science Theater 2000 20th Anniversary celebration, Shout! Factory in association with Best Brains, proudly present ….

Terminator Salvation to be first movie of a new trilogy

Halcyon chiefs Derek Anderson and Victor Kubicek are developing a fifth Terminator installment, according to Variety. Terminator Salvation director McG, is working with the company on the future project. The announcement was made at the Dubai International Film Festival, which began on December 11th and runs through this Thursday. There apparently hasn’t been a decision ….

Hugh Jackman to host Academy Awards

Hugh Jackman will host the 81st annual Academy Awards in February 2009. Executive producer Bill Condon and producer Laurence Mark made the announcement today. This is a marked departure for the Academy, which has been in the habit of asking comedians to host the big event, in recent years, including last year’s host, Jon Stewart. ….